Mark Ziesemer

Current

Sr. Software Engineer / Tech Lead at School Specialty

Past

Software Engineer at Liberty Mutual
FBI Honors Intern, Database Developer at FBI

Education

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Connections

40 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Mark Ziesemer’s Summary

Software Engineer with a focus on the Java platform and related technologies.

Also have a passion and professional experience in multimedia, particularly audio/video engineering.

Mark Ziesemer’s Specialties:

Java SE / EE including JDK 1.3-1.6. JSP, Struts, JSF, and Facelets. EJB 3.0, including JPA and Hibernate. Document publishing including iTest, XSL-FO, and Apache FOP. Many Apache projects including Commons, Logging, Ant, and AXIS.

Web technologies including (X)HTML, AJAX, and advanced JavaScript. HTTP specification, including usage with RESTful web services.

XML and related technologies, including schemas, XPath, XSLT, and SOAP. Regular expressions.

Mark Ziesemer’s Experience

Sr. Software Engineer / Tech Lead

School Specialty

(Public Company; SCHS; Education Management industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Completing an Ariba cXML PunchOut implementation.

Leading technical development of the Oracle iStore implementation, part of the Oracle E-Business Suite.
Software Engineer

Liberty Mutual

(Privately Held; LMG; Insurance industry)

January 2005 — September 2008 (3 years 9 months)

Primarily served as a Java SE / EE developer, JDK versions 1.3 - 1.5. JSP, Struts, JSF, and Facelets; EJB 3.0, including JPA and Hibernate; document publishing including iText, XSL-FO, and Apache FOP, and many Apache projects including Commons, Logging, Ant, and AXIS.

Worked extensively with Eclipse and the IBM Rational suite including Rational Application Developer (WSAD 5 - RAD 7), WebSphere Application Server 5 - 6.1, ClearQuest, ClearCase, and RequisitePro. Also utilized CVS and Subversion (SVN) for source control.

Database/SQL development with a focus on PL/SQL and Oracle 9i-10g, but also IBM DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.

Completed a number of projects based on the ACORD standards for insurance, including the XML and AL3 standards for P&C.

Assisted with many testing efforts, including JUnit and other automated testing.

Actively involved with mentoring and training of new employees.

Achieved Yellow Belt Certification in Lean Six Sigma.
FBI Honors Intern, Database Developer

FBI

(Government Agency; Law Enforcement industry)

June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)

Mark Ziesemer’s Education

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

B.S. , Computer Science, Management Information Systems , 2001 — 2004

Activities and Societies:

Online Rideboard Application Development at http://www.uwec.edu/rideboard, UW-Eau Claire United Hall Council, Student Ambassador to Microsoft for UW-Eau Claire, Student Senate Information Technology Commission Interim Director